Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
BELL HOOKSLove is an action, never simply a feeling.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.
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Patriarchy has no gender.
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A major part of love is commitment. If we are committed to someone, if I’m committed to loving you, then it’s not possible for me to fall out of love.
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I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.
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What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.
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The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin.
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Every terrorist regime in the world uses isolation to break people’s spirits.
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The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.
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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
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When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
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The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is-it’s to imagine what is possible.
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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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If you do not know what you feel, then it is difficult to choose love; it is better to fall. Then you do not have to be responsible for your actions.
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Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
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